No, the default Ubuntu version is behind but that link tells how to properly install the current version using the packaging system, which makes it more easily maintained than a custom compile would be. (Thanks, Dirk, Michael and Vincent!) Anyway, still OT here. -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.
On September 13, 2016 10:57:52 PM PDT, Loris Bennett <loris.benn...@fu-berlin.de> wrote: >Jeff Newmiller <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> writes: > >> For this query I would rather recommend [1] as reference, though >> Marc's suggestion to switch mailing lists is best. >> >> [1] https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/ > >But doesn't this merely describe how to install the version of R >packaged for his version of Ubuntu? As I understood the OP, he has >already installed this version, which is 3.2.3, but would like to >install 3.3.1, which he will have to install from the sources. > >If this is the case, then there is no point reposting to r-sig-debian, >since he just has to do a generic unix-like install. > >Cheers, > >Loris > >-- >Dr. Loris Bennett (Mr.) >ZEDAT, Freie Universität Berlin Email >loris.benn...@fu-berlin.de > >______________________________________________ >R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >PLEASE do read the posting guide >http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.